Garčević Interviewed on the Motives Behind the Russian Revolt
TRT World interviewed Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, over the weekend inquiring about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s motives for staging a revolt in Russia and how the event will affect the political situation inside the Kremlin and the world.
Ambassador Garčević explains that the split between the Kremlin and Wagner would likely have major ramifications for Moscow’s projection of power not only in Ukraine. It will affect Russia’s influence (through Wagner) in Africa and South America, in countries like Mali, the Central African Republic, Libya, Sudan, Mozambique, Syria, and all the countries where Wagner has been involved.
According to Garčević, the event exposed the vulnerability of the Kremlin and a hidden power struggle in the immediate Putin circle. Yet, Putin’s opposition is not united, which allows him to keep a grip on power.
Watch the segment here.
Ambassador Vesko Garčević dealt with issues pertinent to European security and NATO for almost 14 years during his diplomatic career. In 2004, he was posted in Vienna to serve as Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He was Montenegro’s Ambassador to NATO from 2010 until 2014 and served as Montenegro’s National Coordinator for NATO from 2015 until he joined the faculty at the Pardee School. Learn more about Ambassador Garčević on his faculty profile.